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December 3, 2014 Santiago, Chile When Francisco Pizarro returned to Spain from the New World in 1528, he told King Charles I of the vast material riches that were found in abundance on Peru’s shores. He petitioned for permission to conquer the new lands in the name of the crown,
December 2, 2014 Santiago, Chile On October 22, 1981, the government of the United States of America accumulated an astounding $1 TRILLION in debt. At that point, it had taken the country 74,984 days (more than 205 years) to accumulate its first trillion in debt. It would take less than
December 1, 2014 Santiago, Chile Over four centuries ago, the Dutch East India Company made history as the world’s first IPO. Known as VOC in the Netherlands, the company was one of the most successful ventures in the last several hundred years. When adjusted for inflation, its highest market capitalization
December 1, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] So the Swiss have decided not to force their central bank into underpinning its reserves with harder assets than increasingly worthless euros. At least they had the chance to vote. But in
November 28, 2014 Santiago, Chile Walking down the streets of Constantinople in the early Middle Ages, you would have immediately felt the energy and prosperity. Constantinople was one of the wealthiest, most advanced cities in the world, and some historians estimate its population could have been as high as 500,000
November 28, 2014 Bali, Indonesia [Editor’s Note: This missive was penned by Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose] I spent two days in China earlier this week. Among other things, I wanted to get a feel for where people on the ground see the currency heading. My personal view
November 26, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile I can’t say I’ve known too many guys in my life named ‘Boris’ who were shy about standing up for themselves. The name itself means ‘wolf’ in an extinct Turkic language. And if the current mayor of London Boris Johnson is going go
November 24, 2014 Santiago, Chile Science is about truth. It’s about fact. It’s about forming hypothesis and either proving or disproving that hypothesis through what we can observe, test, and measure. For thousands of years it’s been through this method that humanity has progressed. And history shows that every time
November 24, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] On Monday 15th November 2010, an open letter to Ben Bernanke was published: “We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued. We do
November 24, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Gallup recently conducted a poll asking Americans to rate thirteen of the most visible agencies/quasi-agencies of the United States government. These included: US Postal Service (USPS) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Aeronautics and
November 21, 2014 Santiago, Chile John Lynn was bound and gagged, as the angry mob tied him to a tree and poured a barrel of scalding hot tar over his freshly shaven head and coated him in feathers. It was June 1794 and the crowd was absolutely frantic. They were
November 20, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile As we discussed yesterday, the world has certainly gotten itself into a serious pickle. World population growth and economic trends are causing food demand to soar. Demographers tell us that over 200,000 people will be present at the dinner table tonight who weren’t
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